The North American Aerospace Company SpaceX launched a Falcon rocket from the NASA Kennedy 39A space center with the USSF-36 mission with the X-37B test plane (OTV-8).
It was Sixth Flight of the First Stage of Screw It supports this mission that previously launched Nrol-69, CRS-32, GPS III-7 and two STARLINM missions. After the stages separation, the first stage landed in the landing zone 2 (LZ-2) SpaceX at the Cañaveral Space Station, Florida.
USSF-36-Eight launch orbital test vehicle X-37b (OTV-8) And the third launch Falcon from the spacecraft after SpaceX previously launched OTV-5 and OTV-7 (USSF-52).
US-37b space aircraft has experienced quantum sensors and laser technology For a new type of space positioning, such as GPS, a statement about space power.
These technologies are important successes in the relevant fields. Laser communication is able to maintain large data and safety measures more stringent than traditional radio.
